Scheduled from April 13 to July 1, 2025, is the Florence Maggio Musicale Festival, one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, along with that of Salzburg. As susual the current Festival (87th edition) will take place at the ultra-modern Teatro del Maggio, on the edge of the Cascine Park (next to the Stazione Leopolda, moreover well connected by the Tramway).
Particularly rich and of high quality is this year's programme, with the participation of important names from the international music scene. Below is a summary of the many events, including operas, concerts and ballets.
Richard Strauss's Opera Salome' (Alexander Soddy conducting and Emma Dante directing), from 13 to 27/4; Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem, conducted by Zubin Mehta, on 18/4; Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, Alexander Soddy conducting, on 26/4; Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, conducted by Diego Ceretta, on 3/5; Francis Poulenc's Gloria, Michele Mariotti conductor, on 8/5; the ballet Caravaggio with Roberto Bolle, from 9-11/5; the concert (music: Stravinsky and Prokofiev) conducted by Daniele Gatti on 11/5; Tchaikovsky's Sinfonia Patetica, Timur Zangiev conductor, on 15/5; Hans Werner Henze's opera Der Junge Lord, from 25 to 31/5; Berio-Folk songs concert, conducted by Cornelius Meister, on 30/5; Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Thomas Guggeis conductor, on 5/6; the concert by the London Symphony Orchestra (music by Puccini and Berlioz, R. Strauss) conducted by Antonio Pappano, on 10/6; piano recital by Grigory Sokolov, music by Brahms and Byrd, on 16/6. Finally, Zubin Mehta conducts the concluding concert (June 21, music by Beethoven, R. Strauss) and Giuseppe Verdi's Aida (6/19-1/6).
Parallel to the Festival is also “Maggio aperto”, from April 30 to June 12, a series of events also held at the Teatro del Maggio, in collaboration with the main Florentine and Regional music institutions (the Orchestra Regionale della Toscana, the Amici della Musica di Firenze, the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori, the Istituto Giovanni Battista Lulli, the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Tempo Reale, the Conservatorio Cherubini, l' Homme Armè and the Accademia Chigiana di Siena).
Discover the complete calendar on the official website of the "Maggio Musicale".
